3:54 PM, January 24, 2013

This file photo shows an alligator (cousin to the crocodile) named "Mr. Teeth" used to protect a stash of marijuana inside a California home. Multiply this alligator times 15,000 and you've got a lot of marijuana to protect. / AP

Detroit Free Press

15,000 crocodiles escape from South African farm

The Telegraph (UK) says: "Around 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a farm in South Africa following heavy rain. ... A number have since been recaptured, but at least half remain on the loose ... One turned up on a school rugby pitch 75 miles away."

Eric says: I'm starting my training for when crocodile wrestling and rugby are the new Olympic biathlon.

Exotic dancers brawl over $1

Appleton Post-Crescent (Wisconsin) says: "A customer was trying to give a dollar to one of the dancers, but the other dancer took it ... Both women fell to the floor, pulled each otherís hair and punched and slapped each other. ... One of the dancers involved in the fight is pregnant. Both women were cited for disorderly conduct."

Eric says: For all of us in today's economy, it's all about the Washingtons.

WFTX-TV (Florida) says: "It begins when a naked carnival worker climbs up on a North Fort Myers couple's roof ... A crazed man [was] on the roof - completely naked. He then jumped off, landed on [the homeowner] and began punching him."

WBBH-TV (Florida) says: "[The naked man] then ran into the house and pulled a large-screen TV off its stand and dumped the contents of a vacuum onto the floor."

News Limited (Australia) says: "An 80-year-old retired priest allegedly bit an ear off another elderly clergyman during a violent brawl over a parking bay ... after the brawl Father Byrne told Father Smith to pick up an item up on the ground. It was not until Father Smith returned to his unit that he realised the item he had picked up and put in his pocket was his right ear."